Why I Don't Watch CSI

tempura1234 · 1.7M views · 2009-07-08 · 1:18

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Overview

A one-minute clip from a CSI episode featuring the trope of zooming and enhancing low-resolution images. The uploader says it was the last CSI episode they watched.

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HN uses it as shorthand for the unrealistic 'zoom and enhance' trope, in jokes about image restoration and software that claims to recover detail.

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Satire & parody Film & TV clips Computer vision, speech & NLP

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Dylan16807 · 2020-02 · Criticism
> When chess was basically solved, it was dismissed brute force Deep blue was brute force. There are different ways to solve a problem, and only some of them are impressive in certain ways, even if they're impressive in other ways. > Today we have superresolution algorithms that can reconstruct license plates from low-res images. You need to take another look at CSI. You can reconstruct a little bit, usually with the help of multiple frames or exact font data. You can't do this: [LINK] [VIDEO] > Many tech people dismiss such progress as "just statistics", but I haven't seen much of an attempt to find a definition of intelligence that is meaningful different from "just statistics". In fact I doubt it's possible within the realm of science, i. e. without resorting to mind-body dualism. That's about as useful as saying everything is 'just chemistry'. It's true but not helpful. And the same way that your brain and a science fair volcano are both just chemistry, demonstrating a simple reaction isn't impressive.
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faitswulff · 2018-11 · Joke / meme
I was really hoping this would be a paper describing how to "enhance" the image a la the CSI TV show[0] [0]: [VIDEO]
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ryanwaggoner · 2012-10 · Joke / meme
I think you're safe to continue mocking for awhile: [VIDEO] This one is obviously comedy, but always enjoyable: [LINK]
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